Backup and Storage Administrator

Responsible for day-to-day administration duties including Backup, Storage environment, File Shares and Data Domain.

• Configure and support daily tasks with backup repositories, storage configuration and replication technology with Veeam.

• Support different storage types related activities including SAN, NAS and Object ECS storages.

• Perform the required upgrades for backup solutions, storage solutions, servers & proxy servers etc., software installation & platform upgrades.

• Participate in developing solutions to protect for disaster recovery.

• Monitor backup jobs, execute restore jobs, troubleshoot failed jobs, and initiate corrective actions.

• Control and optimize backup frequency, retention, and stability in alignment with the service owners.

• Understand Backup data lifecycle management policy and handle the related implementation activities.

• Configure data replication across sites for data redundancy and perform periodic restoration and backup validation.

• Develop the required scripts to automate daily activities related to backup and storage if needed.

• Deep troubleshooting for any backup failure and provide resolutions with root causes.

• Support backup recovery and archiving in a large, complex and widely distributed environment.

• Guide and mentor L1/L2 Backup members.

• Create and update documentation for backup procedures, solutions, licensing and applicable project artifacts.

• Provide status and progress reports for backup environment related activities and tasks on a regular/periodic basis.

• Develop initiatives on how to improve backup infrastructure.

• Support Tape Library solutions such as ML3/any other solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.

• 7+ years of experience with Backup and Storage Administration.

• 3+ years working in a large environment.

• Expertise/Certified in Veeam Backup Tool.

• Expertise/Certified in Cohesity.

• Basic knowledge of Server Administration.

• Experience in recovering data from threats using backup technology.

• Experience in recovering data from ransomware attacks using immutable storage.

• Experience and advanced knowledge in backup lifecycle management.

• Good knowledge of VMware and other Hypervisor hosts and cluster architecture in order to verify backups and storage migrations plans.

• Analytical skills for troubleshooting complex issues.

Training and Certification:

• Veeam Certified Engineer.

• Cohesity Training Completion (Data Protection/Data Management Preferable).

• Windows Operating System Fundamentals.

• ITIL Foundation Certification.